#um civil war was Ironman 4

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ya know... i GoT thoughts

This post is my summarized thoughts and feelings on episodes 4, 5 and 6 in season 8. I’m putting it in a read more because... long

In short: -Missandei in e4, why it’s stupid and what should have been done differently -Varys discourse -Cersei -Daenerys -morals? in MY game of thrones? -”magic who” said everyone at HBO -opinions on the end

Me @ game of thrones: Don't ever talk to me or my son ever again

At the end of episode 4 I was having serious flashbacks to Katniss' expression at the end of Catching Fire, and I was violently reminded that even though I did not like some of the things she did I am with Daenerys. And if she burns the entire world, I am with her.

So... episode 4. What a disaster.

I've been thinking of Missandei's death and that it could easily have been something better, something that impacts the last two episodes more than just another emotional blow at Daenerys. (Like Rhaegal was bad enough? Her son died? Why double the pain and take her best friend?) (Rhaegal owns my life and That Scene killed me and I’m not okay)

The plot could have easily been changed so that either Jaime or Brienne or both of them were on that ship with Tyrion, Grey Worm and Missandei. Really, they ended up going to King’s Landing anyway. And then, instead of Missandei, either Tyrion, or Jaime, or Brienne could have been captured and then killed at the end of the episode. Don’t look at me, it’s not like any of them did anything for the plot or the story later. And Tyrion telling Jon to kill Daenerys doesn’t count because it was stupid.

If it were Tyrion, standing chained on the city wall, we'd have Jaime standing next to Daenerys and in front of his sister. We’d have an emotional show down between them, the physical distance and the different sides they’re on can be a metaphor for their love life. OR if it were Jaime who was captured, we'd have a Jaime and Euron confrontation an episode earlier, and a Jaime and Cersei confrrontation, before Jaime dies in front of Tyrion by their sister's hand. Cruel, but hey, so was Missandei’s death. OR if it were Brienne, captured and chained, then Jaime and Cersei would stare into each others eyes all emotionally, and Brienne would die for love, and when Jaime and Cersei would meet in private an episode later, maybe it would be different.

Game of Thrones would have: a very emotional audience, very emotional characters AND an actual reason for Sansa and Arya to leave Winterfell (vengeance).

Game of Thrones would not have: killed off the only major black character, and given the white men another reason to think Daenerys is being "emotional" and therefore somehow unfit for the throne.

Now... Varys. What an idiot.

To understand my point, watch this video where Varys and Littlefinger discuss chaos. Littlefinger claims chaos to be a ladder, and the higher you climb the greater your power, while Varys calls chaos a gaping pit. Varys claims to acting “for the realm,” which is what he says in season 8 when justifying his betrayal. I think he’s afraid. I think that Varys only just noticed that he can’t influence Daenerys like he could all the kings he served before, and he sees chaos in Daenerys’s power, a gaping pit that he thinks will swallow his precious realm. Varys hasn’t realised that his idea of a realm is the wheel Dany wishes to break.

Like, Varys wasn't there when she went through flames, he wasn't there when she freed the slaves or united the khals. He wasn’t there when she locked her dragons underground when they killed a child, he wasn’t with her during her desperate attempts to bring peace.

And when did we forget that not only Unsollied and Dothraki followed Daenerys? She promised a home to those who followed her, warrior or not. She had many families following her ever since her dragons were born, and from all the cities she went through there were people who followed her. For a better world. Where are they when Daenerys goes to Westeros?

Moving on to the major bullshit in episode 5.

Or wait, first some sibling bonding. Jaime and Cersei. I suppose lots of people liked Jaime breaking up with Cersei, but I quite liked the fact that in the end he was at her side (I kinda expected him to stab Cersei the same way Jon stabs Daenerys later, but now I think they probably attempted to not be repetitive). I like that Tyrion helped him be there. Families are important to Westerosi culture. It’s sad that the Lannisers got more heartfelt sibling bonding than the Starks though (Alexa, play the Rains of Castamere).

Things get soupier. Both Cersei and Daenerys have three children that lived, and they’d do anything for them. Then throughout the season, we see Cersei standing around, looking badass, plotting the death of her enemies, all that. But that’s all she does, She’s painted as a villain, when she is only a woman who wants to rule.

Now the bullshit: Cersei is the villain in episodes 4 and 5, and then there’s a seamless change to Daenerys as the villain in episodes 5 and 6. And that’s fucked up. Other posts talk about the sexism (and racism, with Missandei killed for... shock value? tears? fuck knows) in this season better than I could.

The to Cersei’s disappointment nonexistent elephants in the room when discussing my favourite dragon lady is the moral question. The entirety of tumblr fandom likes to have their characters and storytelling labeled neatly as “good” or “irredeemably bad.” It’s one of those things and never both. But Game of Thrones doesn’t work like that, and if you think it does, please, please read the books, or rewatch everything.

Despite that, if you had one (1) functional brain cell, you’d know that Daenerys wouldn’t burn the entire city. She’s never kiiled innocent people on purpose. Why would she start now? But okay, she did that. About half of the other major players would have done the same. Maybe Robert Baratheon wouldn’t, but only because he was the rebel and he needed public opinion of him to be somehwat positive. Renly idk, but Stannis would have. To Margaery it probably wouldn’t occur, but both Littlefinger and Cersei wouldn’t hesitate, just as Cersei didn’t hesitate when blowing up the sept.

Game of Thrones has never been so much about good and evil, it has been about a bunch of people who want things. All of them did morally black things, but suddenly we have Jon, a character who wants to do the “right” thing? Ned Stark died for this kinda mindset. (Not to mention it’s out of character. Jon has always been Ned Stark’s son, but even Jon broke his oaths.)

And hell, that’s why the story works so well. There’s no moral initiative, no “good” or “bad,” and while yeah, the Night King and the Lord of Light drama is pretty dark/light storytelling (not to mention all the comparisons to the real world and climate change), that’s in the background. A subplot.

Because what we care about are the characters, the very real motivations they have, how they deal with life, how they get what they want, the fucking game of thrones. And there’s no good and evil people, there’s people, and you disagree with some of them. Just like Captain America and Ironman disagreed in Civil War, maybe a bit like T’Challa and Killmonger disagreed in Black Panther, and definitely like some people like cats and others like dogs.

(Vanilla vs. Chocolate discourse, anyone?)

Moving on to episode 6.

I cried a lot, and to be honest, I wanted both Jon and Tyrion to be dragon food. But okay, they’re both nice guys, I can deal with them being alive, and after all Jon’s ending with the wildlings is good for him. But.

Jon killing Daenerys is the stupidest thing ever. I get that it’s somehow like some Shakespearean Drama, and Daenerys is the tragic hero, but like??

Sometimes show writers have no idea who they’re writing and it shows. Because Jon loved Ygritte, and he wasn’t able to kill her when they were on opposite sides of a battlefield. And Jon loved Daenerys. ???????

Additionally, I’m not saying I hate all of what they did with the magic and the Lord of Light and the Night King, the Children of the Forest and Azor Ahai lore. But they didn’t do enough of it. There are so many lose threads on the magic in this series, I can’t. And it hurts, because it could have been so beautiful. Those scenes where Daenerys walks through fire and doesn’t die, those scenes beyond the wall with the three eyed raven, and the beautiful, majestetic, perfect dragons? They are what I love about A Song of Ice and Fire.

Last but not least, the end. Like, I have many opinions, and I’m not going to attempt to list all of them. Game of Thrones has many strong women characters, and I’d like to give another thought to Yara of House Greyjoy. Both she and Sansa deserved more. I love that Sansa became Queen in the North, but I hate that apparently she planned Daenerys’s downfall by telling Tyrion about Jon’s parents. Why can’t strong ladies be friends?

The end to such a successful story can’t please everyone, so if you feel like it you can join me and my son, Drogon, in a pile of blankets where we pretend GoT ended with episode 3 and it was simply too dark to see what exactly happened. Did Melisandre bring Viserion back from the dead? Did Bran do some cool magic? Did Missandei marry Grey Worm and sail home to Naath? Guess we’ll never know...

But seriously, the thing with the book was so cheesy and stupid what the fuck?? Can we rename the series to “The Rise and Fall of Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen”?

You know what I missed in season 8? The Stark siblings. They interacted like,, 2 times in 6 episodes. They were all finally united again, well, those who didn’t die, and then they part ways? Um? No?

@ game of thrones: don’t talk to me or my son, Drogon, ever again. You know what you did.

And I'm salty that Daenerys and Sansa aren't best friends. Like, enemies to lovers is fine but what about enemies to friends to lovers -

#game of thrones meta #asoiaf #daenerys is too good for westeros but that's a whole other post #daenerys targaryen #cersei lannister #got season 8 #drogon #missandei #jon snow #house stark #game of thrones #got #meta #long post #if you spot a typo please tell me #if you're gonna call Daenerys mad please just shut the fuck up and go away I don't care about your opinion #the night king deserved better

[petitcharless]

Choice game!

tagged by the darling @flyingavenger​ who always tags me in stuff, ty so much haha i’ve been wanting to do one of these for quite a while!

1. coke or pepsi: coke 2. disney or dreamworks: disney 3. coffee or tea: both 4. books or movies: both but wish i could read more 5. windows or mac: windows but i want to buy a mac too 6. dc or marvel: marvel but i won’t deny dc lmao 7. x-box or playstation: playstation, grew up with playstation 8. dragon age or mass effect: um, overwatch lol 9. night owl or early riser: night owl but can wake up early for a good cause

11. chocolate or vanilla: hmm vanilla

12. vans or converse: vans all the way 13. Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar: sorry i don’t speak this 14. fluff or angst: i mean..angst, too much fluff makes me sick 15. beach or forest: oh damn, beaaaach 16. dogs or cats: dogs <3 17. clear skies or rain: both, depends on my plans and mood 18. cooking or eating out: eating out but will try to cook sometimes 19. spicy food or mild food: SPICY 20. halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas: Christmas baby

21. would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: a little too hot? i guess

22. if you could have any superpower, what would it be? i would love to be able to teleport? and to be able to eat how much i want and still have a nice,tonned body lmao #foodie

23. animation or live action: live action 24. paragon or renegade: how did i never hear about these?? 26. team cap or team ironman: there can only be one. team ironman all the way. 27: fantasy or sci-fi: fantasy AND sci-fi 28. do you have three or four favorite quotes, if so what are they: -i don’t get lucky, i make my own luck. (the man, harvey specter) -you wanna lose small, i wanna win big.  (same guy lol) - do or do not, there is no try. (master yoda)  - i’m gonna make him an offer he can not refuse (don corleone, the godfather)

29. netflix or youtube: both 30. Harry Potter or Percy Jackson: harry potter!! my childhood lol

31. when you feel accomplished: whenever i win or do something i didn’t believe i could do 32. star wars or star trek: star wars yass! but recently star trek too 33. paperback or hardback: paperback 34. horror or rom-com: horror!!! 35. tv shows or movies: both i can’t pick 36. spotify or pandora: spotify 37. zootopia or inside out: zootopia!! sorry but inside out was shit to me 38. favourite book:  the lady of the camellias by alexandre dumas the son, but also the godfather by mario puzzo 39. favourite flower: i would go with tulips but i am not a big fan of flowers oops, i only like to buy them and offer them 40. what field of study are you in (or aspire to be in): sociology and management

41. song lyric you really love? i have no idea to be honest..but i knocked into this drake lyric which is funny so there you go lmao:  Ask you to please excuse my table manners, I was making room for the table dancers

42. what’s your MBTI type?: ESTJ apparently 43. fave movie: oh damn..la vita e bella, the godfather, casino royale, the star wars movies, the pianist, from marvel i would go with thor ragnarok, civil war, black panter and iron man ofc  44. favourite tv show(s): suits, narcos, white collar, prison break 45. what fictional world is your favourite? star wars world lmao does it have another name?? if it does damn #fake fan 46. favourite mythological figure? gods? 47. who’s your all-time favourite fictional character? i can’t...but let’s go with tony 48.  confetti or glitter? confetti 49. five things you’re grateful for in your life: my family, always!, my friends, my intellect, food, my health 50. last fictional character you fell in love with? scottie from suits, damn lol. and platonicallywith pacho from narcos

 51. If you could have dinner with any 5 people (real or fictional, dead or alive), who would you pick? OH GOD. Let’s see..Tony Stark, Harvey Specter, Pacho Herrera, Neal Caffrey and..Selena Gomez lmaoo 52. favourite music genre? i don’t have a fav one, i go from rap to pop, pop-rock, rnb, to reggaeton and jazz, i mean

my question: who’s the artist you love at the moment?

i’m tagging: @machtgabriels @starksnstripes @mr-starkasm @tonystark5ever @dropxthexbeat @thebookofavenging

#my answers #tag game

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learn about bex

tagged by @bucketofchum, thanks lovely :3

1. Coke or Pepsi: actually neither! i wasn’t allowed to have soda as a kid and still haven’t acquired a taste for anything but lemon-lime sodas.

2. Disney or Dreamworks:  dreamworks. i like their diversity. i respect a lot of the ppl who work at disney, but disney as a corporation scares the tits outta me. haha good riddance tits.

3. Coffee or Tea:  tea! i drank so much coffee in college i never wanna see it again lmao. also i love fruity flavours forever and ever.

4. Books or Movies:  i wanna say books but um, i haven’t read a book in literally years on account of depression/adhd. so i guess movies? i don’t really even watch a lot of those tho. what do i even do with my time.

5. Windows or Mac:  windows. i joke about hating on mac but tbh at the end of the day windows just serves my specific needs better.

6. DC or Marvel:  marvel i guess, tho THEY’RE FAILING HARDCORE LATELY.

7. X-box or Playstation:  A CONSOLE KILLED MY FAMILY™ jk i’m just salty that i can’t afford a console.

8. Dragon Age or Mass Effect:  i haven’t played either actually, but i really wanna play dragon age when i can afford to pick it up! a lot of my favourite ppl recommend it highly. :3

9. Night Owl or Early Riser:  um. my sleep cycles are fucked beyond belief. i don’t even know how to categorize them anymore.

10. Cards or Chess:  neither really. i think chess is really cool but i’m bad at it lmao. tbh i get bored too quickly for both.

11. Chocolate or Vanilla: depends! chocolate or vanilla what?

12. Vans or Converse:  converse trash. i used to ask for converse shoes for every birthday back in junior high/high school.

13. Lavallan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar:

i know this is dragon age stuff but i gotta play before i can say!

14. Fluff or Angst:  angst, let’s be real. 

15. Beach or Forest:  what is this outside you speak of.

16. Dogs or Cats: both.gif

17. Clear Skies or Rain:  rain. nobody makes you go outside when it’s raining.

18. Cooking or Eating Out:  cooking! i don’t always have the spoons tho.

19. Spicy Food or Mild:  spicy! i like both but if i gotta choose i choose spicy.

20. Halloween/Samhin or Solistice/Yule/Christmas:  halloween fuck yeah

21. Little too cold or little too hot:  little too cold. i can always add layers, can’t take them off!

22. Superpower:  teleportation. i used to say flight but i’m sick of everyone being far away from me. :P

23. Animation or Live Action:  animation hands down. i only watch kids’ cartoons these days lmao.

24. Paragon or Renegade:  is this swtor?

25. Bath or Showers:  showers. i have weird anxiety stuff about baths.

26. Team Cap or Team Ironman:  i haven’t seen civil war yet <.<

27. Fantasy or Sci-Fi:  both.gif

28. Fav Quotes:  my /qotd tag is like 20 pages long lmao.

29. Youtube or Netflix:  youtube. i go to it a lot for videos to help me relax, and for music. and i don’t watch much TV so not much use for netflix

30. Harry Potter or Percy Jackson:  i haven’t read percy jackson yet, so harry potter. :3

31. When I Feel Accomplished:  when my art gets notes <.< i’m an insecure piece of shit.

32. Star Wars or Star Trek:  i’ve yet to see star trek, but what i hear about it sounds better than star wars tbh. tho i do adore star wars.

33. Paperback Books or Hardback:  paperback. hardbacks are heavy.

34. A world without literature or music:  literally why would you make me choose. no.

35. Who was the last person to make me laugh:  my boyfriend

36. Sour or Sweet Candy:  sour

37. Believe in aliens?:  i fucking hope so.

38. Dawn or Dusk:  dusk. dawn means the sun is coming. hissssss.

39. Piercings or Tattoos:  piercings! i love both but i’m too fickle for tattoos. i promised myself if i ever stick with a design for a whole year i’ll get it, but that has yet to happen lmao.

40. Girls? Hot?:  <33333333333

41. Snow or Fog:  snow i think, fog affects visibility and it’s kinda scary.

42. Sleep facing the wall or room:  i move so much in my sleep it’s literally the same.

43. TRC of AFTG:  ???

44. Horror or Drama:  neitherrrrr. 

45. Orcarina of Time or Majora’s Mask:  ocarina of time! majora’s mask scared me to death as a kid.

46. Living in nature or city:  city. i like living near things. nature is nice in theory but there are bugs and dirt outside. <.<

47. Any addictions:  Teh Interwebz™

48. Languages:  just English :/

49. What music do I listen too:  anything but country. i’m really into anything electronic and chill. i need more chill lmao.

50. Fav mythical creature:  unicorns, pegasi, mermaids. i’m a five-year-old bite me.

51. Safe zone:  blankets. indoors. bed.

52. First fandom:  lotr and narnia. they’ll always be precious to me, pun intended. :3

53. Cartoons or Adult Shows:  cartoons. adult shows are scary and stressful. :P

54. Current music:  VA-11 Hall-A OST

55. Favorite starter?:  cyndaquil

56.  What would your witch’s familiar be? a magpie. BRING ME SHINIES.

Tagging….  

@dwynnie @exxal @pr4villains @prodigaldaughteralice @social-justice-cleric @katragosa @notentirelyblameless @fandomfable @ferroh-art @theleafwarden @deezlins @zhanael @pejntboks 

if y’all want to of course. <3 

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Tagged by @desolation-n-solitude.  The instructions are to answer the questions and then add one of your own.  Then tag some friends to answer!

1. coke or pepsi: Pepsi... unless it’s cherry coke

2. disney or dreamworks: dreamworks’ movies are really hit or miss for me.  Disney is definitely my favorite!

3. coffee or tea: Tea!

4. books or movies: I consume books like they’re food!

5. windows or mac: I’m an Apple whore so Mac

6. dc or marvel: I like certain characters from both.  The Batfamily from DC and Thor, Iron Man, and the rest of the Avenger crew from Marvel... but I’m losing some of my infatuation with both companies lately.

7. x-box or playstation: I love watching others play games but I’m not very good at it myself.

8. dragon age or mass effect: Um... neither.  Sorry.

9. night owl or early riser: Depends of what’s happening.  Usually an early riser.

10. cards of chess?: I’ve never played chess and quite frankly I’m probably too stupid to play it so cards it is.

11. chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate

12. vans or converse: Converse high tops!

13. Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar: Who the heck are these people?

14. fluff or angst: I’ll read both but I tend to write more fluff.

15. beach or forest: This is kinda difficult.  I love both.

16. dogs or cats: DOGS

17. clear skies or rain: Rain.  I love thunderstorms.  They’re calming to me.

18. cooking or eating out: I love cooking but not for only myself.  I used to have dinner parties in college for myself and friends.  It was great.

19. spicy food or mild food: Something in between.  I can’t eat a lot of spicy foods anymore.  Sad times.

20. halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas: This is HALLOWEEN!  THIS IS HALLOWEEN!!!!

21. would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: I hate the cold but it seems easier to solve.

22. if you could have a superpower, what would it be: Flight!

23. animation or live action: Both, so long as they’re done right!

24. paragon or renegade: renegade... I guess??

25. baths or showers: I haven’t taken a bath in years.  Showers.

26. team cap or team ironman: I’ve not seen Civil War yet.  Can I be the sane person that sees alien invaders/killer robots and moves to a less affected city?

27. fantasy or sci-fi: Neither one of them are mutually exclusive.  I love them both.

28. do you have three or four favorite quotes, if so what are they:

"Hydrate or DIE!!!” -- Camp Kern words of wisdom

29. youtube or netflix: Do I have to chose?

30. harry potter or percy jackson: Harry Potter

31. when you feel accomplished: I sit back and enjoy it.

32. star wars or star trek: Blows a kiss to space for Carrie Fisher and throws a therapist for the Skywalker men.

33. paperback books or hardback books: All books deserve to be loved.

34. to live in a world without literature or without music?: Just kill me.  Death would be easier.

35. who was the last person to make you laugh?: My old high school teachers today at lunch.

36. which is better: sour or sweet candy?: Sweets.

37. do you believe in aliens?: the probability? I believe the universe is too big not to have life in other places.  They might not look the same as us but you can’t tell me they don’t exist.

38. dawn or dusk?: Dusk

39. piercings or tattoos?: Personally, I probably wouldn’t get either.  Nothing is wrong with them though.

40. girls? HOT?????: Aesthetically pleasing yes but they don’t do anything for me.

41: snow or fog?: Fog.  I hate snow.

42: do you sleep facing the wall or the room?: Jokes on you.  No matter which way I turn, I face the wall.

43: TRC or AFTG?: I don’t know what these are.

44: horror or drama? I kinda dislike both.  Horror just on principle and drama because it’s usually over done.

45: ocarina of time or majora’s mask?: I love watching youtubers play Ocarina of Time.  I love the mythology and worldbuilding behind it.  

46. would you rather live in an area of more nature or city? Nature

47. what’s your addiction right now? Just fell back in love with The Scarlet Pimpernel.  I love Voltron though and Beauty and the Beast.

48. what languages can you speak? Just English.

49. what kind of music do you listen to? A very eclectic mix of lots of stuff.

50. fave mythological creature? Dragons! Dragons!

51. fave place, like your safe zone? My bedroom

52. What was the first fandom you were ever into?

@adelinehatter @ursopanda @imthepunchlord @wimzik @baneismydragon

#Artemis responds